Hello Everyone,
Have
you ever wanted to capture an image or video from your computer to insert into
a document or to share with others? Jing is the downloadable tool which will
allow you to accomplish this task. Available
for Mac or Pc, Jing places a small ‘sun type’ icon tool on the edge of your
desktop which is used to capture the image on your computer screen, save it to
a location of your choice or share with others.
When
you hover over the sun, three rays appear – ‘Capture’, ‘History’ and ‘More’. By clicking on the perpendicular lines, the ‘Capture’
ray, your cursor will turn into a larger version of the lines. You can then click and drag the lines on the
screen to select the portion of the screen image that you would like to capture. In the
preview window, you can choose to annotate the image or with text, arrows or highlighting
as well as name and choose where you would like to save your image (see image
at lower right).
The ray in the middle is ‘History’ where you can
view all of your previous captures, and copy them to additional documents or
share them via screencast.com
The last ray is ‘More’ where you can manage your
preferences, including placing the sun icon in your system tray (bottom row on
your computer screen) if it becomes distracting and links to helpful information.
Jing is simple to download and easy to begin
using. Simply head to the website (http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html)
and click on the download box on the right hand side. For further information you can watch one of
their straightforward tutorials at http://www.techsmith.com/tutorial-jing.html
I
have found Jing to be especially useful in creating documents and computer how tos;
in fact, I used it to insert the images into this Tech Tidbits post.
If
you have any questions about how to use this tool, please feel free to contact
me.
Cheers,
Stacey
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